From owner-freebsd-current Mon Mar 4 01:09:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA14287 for current-outgoing; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 01:09:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from MediaCity.com (root@easy1.mediacity.com [205.216.172.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA14282 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 01:09:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from brian@localhost) by MediaCity.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id BAA18612; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 01:15:02 -0800 Message-Id: <199603040915.BAA18612@MediaCity.com> Subject: Re: new sio delays To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 01:15:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Brian Litzinger" Cc: current@freefall.freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199603030900.TAA06718@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Mar 3, 96 07:30:46 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25 ME8b] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Some ISA 'internal modems' don't have real 8250-family UARTs, they attempt > to emulate them using their onboard processors. > > Most of these are quite slow at generating interrupts, and responding in > general, so waiting a while gives them time to react. > > Over the last six months or so, we've had a number of successful results > with these delays, hence bde committing them. > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ Is that why I no longer have to delete test 5 from sio.c to get my Cardinal PCMCIA modem to be recognized? -- Brian Litzinger Powered by FreeBSD http[s]://www.mpress.com speakfree.mpress.com [use -t (GSM)] How to program in c++: // Child Abuse: Denying a child a mother and a father